Accessibility in Moodle · What is Accessibility? “Accessibility means the ability of everyone...
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Accessibility in Moodle
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Have you ever wonderedhow it may feel . . . .
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“Accessibility means the ability of everyone
regardless of their condition to have access to
something (e.g internet, transport system).”
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“It is important that the Web be accessible to everyone in order to provide equal access and equal opportunity to people with
disabilities. An accessible Web can help people with disabilities participate more actively in society”
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Types of accessibility?
Permanent Disability: This is when you are
completely disabled. Example: blind, deaf
and so.
Temporary Disability: This is simply a
physical or mental disability which hinders
your discharging of responsibilities for a
short period of time.
Conditional or Situation Disability: This is
simply when you are not able to do things
due to the situation you find yourself in.
Example: slow internet connection.
ACCESSIBILITY
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
2.0 covers a wide range of recommendations
for making Web content more accessible.
Following the WCAG guidelines will make
content accessible to a wider range of people
with disabilities and to users in general.
WCAG is a technical standard and has three
levels of conformance: A, AA, and AAA. Level
A refers to the lowest level of conformance
(minimum) and Level AAA is the highest
(maximum).
ACCESSIBILITY
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The levels broken down
Level A (lowest)
Level AA (mid)
Level AAA (highest)
Conformance at the higher levels indicates
conformance at the levels below it.
ACCESSIBILITY
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Why consider accessibility?
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Evaluating accessibility?
When developing or redesigning a website,
evaluate accessibility early and throughout the
development process to identify accessibility
problems early, when it is easier to address
them.
There are evaluation tools that help with
evaluation. However, no tool alone can
determine if a site meets accessibility
guidelines. Knowledgeable human evaluation
is required to determine if a site is accessible
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Examples ofGood & Bad Accessibility
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Provide good contrast between background and foreground
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Poor Contrast
Good Contrast
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Use of Colours
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What can you do with Moodle?Let’s go on the journey...
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Be mindful of different Internet connections
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What is the experience on different devices?
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Be mindful not to nullify accessibility inclusions
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Consider Font Size and Type
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Clickable Links
There is a both a clickable link and direct URL
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Alternative text for images
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Closed Captions for Videos / Transcripts for Videos
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Atto-Editor Accessibility Checker
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Text embedded in images
All seems ok here..
Except it can’t be read
by Screen Reader
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HTML Tags
Use the correct HTMLelements for their correctpurpose as much aspossible. Semantic elementsare elements with ameaning; if you need abutton, use the <button>
element.
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Navigate pages using only a keyboard
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WebReader by ReadSpeaker, a WCAG 2.0 AA
compliant accessibility technology, is fully
integrated within Moodle as an assistance tool for
all learners with literacy, or accessibility
challenges with text or documents.
WebReader includes accessibility and
translations tools for all text content.
See their stand at the Moot!
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RECAP 1 What is Accessibility?
“Accessibility means the ability of everyone
regardless of their condition to have access to
something (e.g internet, transport system).”
2 Why consider Accessibility?
Give equal access and opportunity to people with
disabilities, be it permanent, temporary,
conditional or situation disabilities.
3 What can you do?
External tools, Accessibility options within Moodle
or 3rd Party Plugins - ReadSpeaker
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QuestionsWhat would you like to
know more about?
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